Apparently, everyone is thinking about their jobs and how to make them better. Today a stranger dropped a pearl of wisdom right in my lap. I was on a one-car train, so this is really my fault, because we all know a one-car train is just a glorified short bus. But anyways, this man, probably in his late 50s, wearing pleated khakis (so you know he knows what's up), spotted me in the crowd and walked towards me. We exchanged smiles (crap!) and then, I didn't see his face again because he reached up and grabbed the bar above my head and instantly became, just an armpit. So now we'll call him Mr. Armpit. So the voice behind the armpit says, "Expecting a long day?" I tell him that I'm sure it won't be too bad; I'm just glad it's Friday. Then Mr. Armpit drops it on me: "You know, when my days start to get monotonous, as most of our jobs tend to do, I like to do something to spice up my world a little bit." Ok, now I was intrigued. It's not everyday that an armpit in pleated khakis makes an effort to 'spice' up his life. So I ask, "Like what?" And boy, did he have an answer. "Well, at the end of a long day, I like to take the train to Ocean Beach. I like to go there and feel the wind on my face and just think about life. And you know what I do next? I take one of those sand dunes and I move it to another location. I pick up all the sand and move it somewhere else. And then you know what I feel? I feel like I've changed the world. And I feel better. Because you know without me, those sand dunes would just stay the same."
At that moment, as fate would have it, his stop arrived, so he turned back and said, "Now you go out and change the world, you can do it. I can see it in your eyes."
Thank you, Mr. Armpit, thank you.